Are Icelandic rock-slope failures paraglacial? Age evaluation of seventeen rock-slope failures in the Skagafjörður area, based on geomorphological stacking, radiocarbon dating and tephrochronology

• Published in: Geomorphology
• Main Authors: Mercier, Denis, Coquin, Julien, Feuillet, Thierry, Decaulne, Armelle, Cossart, Etienne, Jónsson, Helgi Pall, Sæmundsson, Þorstein
• Other Authors: Laboratoire Dynamiques Sociales et Recomposition des Espaces (LADYSS), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis (UP8)-Université Paris Nanterre (UPN)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2017
• Subjects: Landslide; Deglaciation; Holocene; Paraglacial geomorphology; Iceland; geo; envir; Skagafjörður
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.08.011; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01591969

International audience In Iceland there are numerous rock-slope failures, especially in the Tertiary basaltic formations of the northern, eastern and northwestern regions. The temporal pattern of rock-slope failures is fundamental for understanding post-glacial events. In the Skagafjörður district,...